The Columbus East Olympians will venture away from home to square off against the Providence Pioneers at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Columbus East is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Columbus East's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Columbus North last Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Bull Dogs. While losing is never fun, the Olympians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Bull Dogs are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, Providence also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell 2-0 to Jasper on Thursday. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Grant Kitch was handed one for the Pioneers, while the Wildcats got theirs courtesy of Logan Huckelby.
Columbus East's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Providence, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3-2.
Columbus East might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Providence when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Columbus East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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